init, clone: support --separate-git-dir for .git file

[git.git] / Documentation / git.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4e5fe4d4b53f3706be2f7daa72beb20f376de603..5e57f6995a1039112c704565b380cedf9ff5b721 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
+* link:v1.7.4.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.4.1]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.4.1.txt[1.7.4.1],
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.4.txt[1.7.4].
+
 * link:v1.7.3.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.5]
 
 * release notes for
@@ -291,17 +297,12 @@ help ...`.
        path or relative path to current working directory.
 
 --work-tree=<path>::
-       Set the path to the working tree.  The value will not be
-       used in combination with repositories found automatically in
-       a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
+       Set the path to the working tree. It can be an absolute path
+       or a path relative to the current working directory.
        This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_WORK_TREE
        environment variable and the core.worktree configuration
-       variable. It can be an absolute path or relative path to
-       current working directory.
-       Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
-       --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
-       the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
-       of your working tree.
+       variable (see core.worktree in linkgit:git-config[1] for a
+       more detailed discussion).
 
 --bare::
        Treat the repository as a bare repository.  If GIT_DIR
@@ -744,16 +745,12 @@ unmerged version of a file when a merge is in progress.
 
 Authors
 -------
-* git's founding father is Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
-* The current git nurse is Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
-* The git potty was written by Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
-* General upbringing is handled by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-The documentation for git suite was started by David Greaves
-<david@dgreaves.com>, and later enhanced greatly by the
-contributors on the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio
+C Hamano. Numerous contributions have come from the git mailing list
+<git@vger.kernel.org>. For a more complete list of contributors, see
+http://git-scm.com/about. If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
+output of linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1] can show you
+the authors for specific parts of the project.
 
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